There was no clutch shot to end this game. Not by Ray Allen, nor by Ben Gordon.
Instead, the cold-shooting Gordon was sitting on the bench during his team's 128-127 triple-overtime win, after fouling out. Allen, despite being on the losing side, played like a winner.
A much younger, sharp-shooting, winner.
Allen poured in a personal-best 51 points in 59 minutes, while doing his best to lead the Celtics out of the first round.
After missing a shot to win the game at the end of regulation, Allen continued his fury into the second overtime, where he eventually hit a three to send the game into it's third, and final period.
As historic and entertaining as Allen's night was and truly could have been, it means almost nothing now.
The Bulls won, and they're going to Boston to finish the job this Sunday.
But let's not get carried away. Not yet, anyways.
With the ineffective Gordon out of the game, it was up to Derrick Rose to drive, pass, and shoot his team through each overtime, while ...
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Un-Bull-ieveable! Bulls Force Game 7 After 3rd Overtime
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Boston Celtics vs. Chicago Bulls - Recap - April 30, 2009
espn.go.com 5/1/2009 — Fast Facts •The Bulls evened the series at three games apiece in the NBA-record fourth overtime game of the series. •The teams have now played seven overtime periods in this series, more than any team in NBA history has ever played in an entire ...
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pippenainteasy.com 5/1/2009 — Is there any doubt that Rondo is a thug? Grabbing Hinrich’s arm and throwing him out of bounds. Who does that? Rondo has made 2 thug-like plays in this series that would even make Ron Artest wince. Rondo had 19 assists but was just 4-17 from the field.
Rondo throws elbow at Hinrich (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 5/1/2009
Already embroiled in controversy, Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo threw an elbow at the Chicago Bulls' Kirk Hinrich late in the first quarter Thursday but was not ejected from the first-round playoff game. Trying to avoid elimination in Game 6, ...
